{"id":1460,"date":"2011-09-30T19:26:03","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T23:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/farm-day-recognition-mara-register-lcc-27-sep-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-09-30T19:26:03","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T23:26:03","slug":"farm-day-recognition-mara-register-lcc-27-sep-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/farm-day-recognition-mara-register-lcc-27-sep-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Farm Day Recognition &mdash;Mara Register @ LCC 27 Sep 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QiN3Bk3qXrk&#038;list=PL8BB30A2B1C2AAAEF&#038;index=3\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/QiN3Bk3qXrk\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nMara Register from the Mayor&#8217;s office of the City of Valdosta\ncame to the Lowndes County Commission to speak about\n<a href=\"\/blog\/category\/valdosta-farm-days\">\nValdosta Downtown Farm Days,<\/a> May through September.\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/may-7-downtown-valdosta-farm-days.html\">\n<img style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   width=\"252\" height=\"240\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/www.valdostamainstreet.com\/Downtown%20Farm%20Days%20Logo%20Web.gif\"><\/a>\nOne of the wonderful things about this event is it\nhighlighted our beautiful historic courthouse.\nIt highlighted our local growers and producers,\nand our historic downtown.\nBut also went further to help promote healthy eating in our community.\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/downtown-valdosta-farm-days-grows-4-june-2011.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/yuFhTK7YD34\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\n&#8230;bringing people together to the downtown area to take advantage of the\nproducts that were produced here locally.\nThe sense of conviviality was just wonderful,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/i-sold-40-pounds-of-potatoes-in-an-hour-gretchen-quarterman.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3561\/5696676566_0bf8cc7a2e_t.jpg\"><\/a>\nbringing the community together.\nIt&#8217;s very exciting actually to see several of our vendors here this evening.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nAshley Paulk, on his very best behavior that day, recognized\nhis neighbors the Quartermans\n\n<!--more-->\nfor their\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/one-dayss-pickings.html\">\nokra.<\/a>\nAw, shucks, Ashley!\nWe knew you liked us since you\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/news-so-good-theres-a-law-against-it.html\">\ngave LAKE that award.<\/a>\nBoth Joyce Evans and Crawford Powell have bought vegetables from Gretchen at Valdosta Farm Days;\nthat must be why they voted for that award!\n<p>\nAnyway,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/may-7-downtown-valdosta-farm-days.html\">\ncats and dogs playing together.<\/a>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QiN3Bk3qXrk&#038;list=PL8BB30A2B1C2AAAEF&#038;index=3\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QiN3Bk3qXrk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nFarm Day Recognition &mdash;Mara Register @ LCC 27 Sep 2011\n<br>\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 27 September 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mara Register from the Mayor&#8217;s office of the City of Valdosta came to the Lowndes County Commission to speak about Valdosta Downtown Farm Days, May through September. 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